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NASA and SpaceX have once again made history with the flight of the Crew-1 (Resilience) to the ISS, the first operational crew mission since the Space Shuttle was retired! The post SpaceX’s Resilience Spacecraft has Li...

According to new study by a team from UC Santa Cruz, the right amount of radioactive elements could also be crucial to habitability. The post What Role do Radioactive Elements Play in a Planet’s Habitability? appeared ...

New Hubble collection celebrates stunning space images We chose our favourite Hubble images to star in ESA's new merchandise collection. Plus a one-day-only free worldwide shipping!

Voyager Space Holdings is expanding its Washington, D.C. footprint as it eyes new acquisitions of commercial and government-focused space companies. SpaceNews

A recent White House memo on Space Policy Directive-5 is a step right direction, but we have a long road ahead. SpaceNews

A new study based on New Horizons data has conducted the most accurate measurements of the Universe's background light to date. The post New Horizons Saw the Universe With Even Less Light Pollution than Hubble’s View a...

A group of astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin has found that a telescope idea shelved by NASA a decade ago can solve a problem that no other telescope can: It would be able to study the first stars in the...

One of the most famous annual meteor showers is reaching its peak -- the Leonids. These ultrafast meteors are due to crest overnight tonight and into early Tuesday morning (Nov. 16-17).

NASA and NOAA are monitoring the powerful Hurricane Iota as the record-breaking storm approaches Nicaragua and Honduras.

By studying the site of a spectacular stellar explosion seen in April 2020, a Chalmers-led team of scientists have used four European radio telescopes to confirm that astronomy's most exciting puzzle is about to be solve...

A new study by the Aerospace Corp. says there are growing opportunities for national security agencies to buy commercial services. SpaceNews

Holding a pristine piece of Mars in a lab on Earth is among the most ambitious dreams of planetary scientists, and NASA and its European counterpart want to make the dream a reality.

Virgin Galactic is postponing a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle that was scheduled for this week after the state of New Mexico reinstated a stay-at-home order in response to a surge of COVID-19 cases. ...

Earth is the only planet traveling within its nearly circular orbit around the sun. But what if Earth shared its orbit with another planet?

An international team of scientists have shown that glycine, the simplest amino acid and an important building block of life, can form under the harsh conditions that govern chemistry in space.

Video: 00:01:11 Lunar exploration relies on the extensive expertise that is on hand across ESA. As a new lunar economy emerges, it will create new opportunities involving robots, habitats and transportation. Missions to ...

A trio of researchers, two with Harvard University, the other the University of Alberta, has found evidence that weather on Saturn and Jupiter may be driven by dramatically different forces than weather on Earth. In thei...

Image: An ingenious dress rehearsal

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have investigated ionized gas in the central regions of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 7130. In their study, they identified a complex multi-component outflow in this galaxy. ...

Life beyond might not exist -- or we just don't know how to find it.

Theories on how the Milky Way formed are set to be rewritten following discoveries about the behavior of some of its oldest stars.

Mars is about to get a new stream of weather reports, once NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. As it scours Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial life, Perseverance will collect the first plan...